SMART STORAGE: (top row) Roan hide box at Stacy Hyde; jeweled box at Madison; mirrored jewelry box at Z Gallerie; (middle rows) lacquer grid-pattern box at Casa di Lino; hand-carved soapstone box at Urban Flower Grange Hall; aqua suede storage box at Mecox Gardens; zebra wood lacquer box at Casa di Lino; (bottom row) rosewood and mother-of-pearl inlay box circa 1870 at E.C. Dicken; bone box at Stanley Korshak; pen shell box at Mecox Gardens. photography by Chris Plavidal |